Consultants: September 29 Doctor’s Hours for Visual Artists

CONSULTANT BIOS

These bios provide an opportunity for you to research which consultants would be appropriate for the advice and feedback you are seeking. Register here for Doctor’s Hours after 11:00 AM EST on September 16.

David Goodman, Curator, artist
David is an artist and curator living in New York City. Goodman’s work is focused on mapping his history through pattern and form. His approach to a project is in a manner comparable to archeology (the reconstruction of the visual landscape premised on its trace.) Curatorial projects include Skowheghan School of Painting and Sculpture (20-Year Anniversary Exhibition), JUDD Foundation (Food&Fodder) and the web-series of collections In Context To Others (2012). He actively participates in education as a visiting artist/critic and adjunct faculty (RISD, Rowan University, Pratt, SVA). Goodman helped found Critical Practices Inc (CPI, 2011) with Saul Ostrow and Susan Bowman, and currently is part of its Executive Board (Secretary) and is the Director of Projects and Programs. Recent past exhibitions and shows include the curatorial projects Out To See, curated by Sara Reisman, An Ambition: Habit (Miami 2013) and An Ambition: Defference (Studio Vendome, NYC, 2014), AIM Biennial (Bronx Museum of Fine Arts), The New Museum (NYC), 21StProjects (NYC), BoxoProjects (NYC, Joshua Tree,CA), LaunchF18 (NYC), and District Foundation (Berlin). Included in the International Collage Center’s permanent collection, Goodman is a Bronx Museum AIM Fellow (2012), Post-Studio Tales residency-as-exhibition recipient (Berlin 2012), and BoxoHouse Residency (Joshua Tree, CA 2013). He has provided creative development and interviews for BOMB Magazine’s online platforms, directed full content for Artlog.com, exhibition reviews for BlackBook Magazine and editorial for PerfectWave Magazine. Currently participating in the 2014 Whitney Biennial (CPI), Goodman completed his MFA at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN ‘01) and BFA at Boston University (CFA, ‘99).

Alessandro Facente, Curator, art critic
Alessandro Facente is an art critic and independent curator who lives and works between New York, Imlil (Morocco) and Italy. His research is based on the crossover and interplay of art criticism and curating by following the artists’ creative process from the concept to the final creation of the piece of art. His aim is to become a witness and critical voice from inside their practice in order to critically outline a philology belonging deeply to practice. Facente holds an M.A. in Art History and Contemporary Art from La Sapienza University in Rome. Currently he is the Special Projects Curator at NARS Foundation in New York and since 2011, he has been curating the artist residency program of the Atla(s)now project in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. From 2007 to 2011, Facente was at the Volume! Foundation, curating site-specific projects in unconventional spaces around Rome. In 2012 he has worked on the reopening of Casa Bossi in Novara, as well as curated independent projects, solo and group exhibitions in non-profit spaces, foundations, private galleries, public museums and international events including the 5th Marrakech Biennale and Residency Unlimited in New York. In 2011 and 2012, he was on the advisory panel of the first two editions of THE OTHERS international contemporary art fair in Turin. He has taken part in panel discussions, talks and lectures at art spaces and academies such as the Tranzitdisplay non-profit organization in Prague, École supérieure des arts visuels (ESAV) in Marrakech, Palazzo Valentini in Rome, and the Andrew Freedman Home in New York. His articles, interviews and essays regularly appear in art magazines and online platform such as Artribune, DROME magazine, Exibart, LaDifferenza and Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon.

Rachel Gladfelter, Director of Pace Prints
Rachel Gladfelter is the Director of Pace Prints in Chelsea, where she has coordinated projects from concept to exhibition by Keith Haring, Jon Kessler and Shepard Fairey, among others.  An expert on print publishing, printmaking and papermaking, she has lectured and taught classes on the subject extensively.  She has also curated and juried independent exhibitions in New York.  Prior to her 7 year tenure with Pace Prints, she was the Studio Director at Dieu Donné where she collaborated with contemporary artists in handmade paper.

Shinnie Kim, Programs Manager at ISCP, curator 
Shinnie Kim is an arts administrator and curator based in New York, where she is currently Programs Manager at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP). Kim has been collaborating with numerous arts organizations and foundations such as: Dumbo Arts Center, New York Foundation for the Arts, Cue Foundation and AHL Foundation in various capacities. She was a member of the Curatorial Committee of the 2nd Incheon Women Artists Biennial (IWAB). She curated exhibitions at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Sandsangmadang Kt&T, Seoul and Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea, Rome. She studied at Université Paris 8, France and CUNY- Hunter College, New York.

Susan Mumford, Arts Consultant
Susan Mumford is an art world expert, mentor, trainer, author, public speaker and creative entrepreneur. Her personal mission is to empower and inform individuals who run creative enterprises as well as help arts organisations find their way in an increasingly online-based commercial art world.
Having arrived in the London art world in 2001 with an internship of her own devising, Susan opened a gallery in Soho in early 2006. In 2010 while steering a career in challenging post-credit crunch times, she founded the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD). Starting with a London group, the network now accepts members on a global basis and launched a New York chapter in May 2014.Over time, Susan came to the conclusion that the art world was in need of professional development for active industry professionals. Following the close of her space while continuing to build AWAD, in 2012 she founded Be Smart About Art. She oversees the development of a programme that provides inspiration, training and support to artists, gallerists, creative entrepreneurs and arts organisations.She regularly judges awards and can be seen in London and New York opening exhibitions, guiding tours and leading talks. Susan has a M.A. in Arts Management.

Larry Ossei-Mensah, Curator, art critic
Larry is an entrepreneur, independent curator and cultural critic who documents cultural and contemporary art happenings for various publications such as Uptown Magazine, My Global Hustle and M Daily. His writings include profiles of Swizz Beatz, Mickalene Thomas and street artist JR. As a curator, Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He is also the co-founder of the MEDIUM Group, a boutique agency that works with brands and artists to navigate the art world. Ossei-Mensah currently serves on Russell Simmons’ RUSH Artist Advisory Board.

Jessica L. Porter, Gallery owner, curator
As Director of Porter Contemporary. Jessica L. Porter is responsible for the overall strategy, business development and market growth, marketing and communications as well as talent acquisition and development. Her background and experience in foreign languages, museum curating, international sales and marketing and law have created a strong basis for entrepreneurial leadership and business growth.Porter has also maintained her own consulting company, launched in 2001, utilizing her art and law background focusing on assisting companies, galleries and individuals to navigate the start up phase of their business or grow their existing business. Porter also teaches courses on the basics of art collecting, counsels artists on creating a career strategy and juries and curates exhibitions for other organizations, galleries and institutions. She has spoken as an expert on CNBC on art collecting and investment of emerging artists, to the Harvard Business Women’s Association on starting an art collection, a contributing writer to the Creativity Post and has participated in panel discussions on such topics as Art & Music, Women in the Art Industry and Contemporary Visions of Picasso. Porter’s natural networking skills combined with strategic event planning and social marketing have made her a leader in the growth of her own business as well as other organizations. Porter grew her own following for Porter Contemporary to over 10,000 in the first 4 years of opening. In addition, Porter founded EASL (Entertainment Art &Sports Law) at the University of Maryland, School of Law from a group of four to over 400. She also founded and grew Raandesk Women, a private group of intellectual women leaders in NYC and Shopping for Art, a group focused on buying art for fun.Porter has a resounding commitment to being a leader and resource to other women and is the Co-Chair of Fundraising to the Leadership Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts of Greater New York and is the Co-Chair of Programming at ArtTable, the primary women’s leadership organization in the arts.

Jennifer Scanlan, Curator
Jennifer is a New York-based independent curator focusing on contemporary art and design.  Her current exhibition is Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden at the Museum of Biblical Art, NYC, and she is working on upcoming exhibitions for 108 Contemporary in Tulsa, OK and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. As an independent curator, she has organized exhibitions for UrbanGlass in Brooklyn; the Brattleboro Museum in Brattleboro, VT; and the Visual Arts Center of Summit, NJ. Prior to working independently, for twelve years, she was Associate Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, where she organized a number of exhibitions, including Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design. Scanlan has lectured internationally, including at the 2010 Conference of the International Committee of Design History and Design Studies in Brussels, Belgium; Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute in Taichung, Taiwan; the 2007 Adornment Magazine conference at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York; and the 2005 Glass Art Society Conference in Adelaide, Australia. She has also taught at Courtauld Institute of Art Summer School in London, England, and is currently part-time faculty at Parsons The New School for Design. She has a BA in art history and Italian from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and an MA in the history of decorative arts, design, and culture from the Bard Graduate Center, New York, New York.

Ryan Steadman, Curator                                                                        Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and curator Ryan E. Steadman has shown his paintings regularly since 2001, with solo exhibitions at Baumgartner Gallery, Envoy Enterprises and Karma, all in Manhattan. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at Greenberg van Doren Gallery and Room East, among others. Steadman has been a regular contributor to artforum.com and Modern Painters since 2011. In this short time, he has reviewed exhibitions by acclaimed artists such as Agnes Denes and Eugen Schoenebeck, as well as written essays on New York-based artists as diverse as Anthony Goicolea and Ethan Greenbaum. After having curated exhibitions in various spaces in Boston and New York, Steadman was recently appointed curatorial advisor to the UNTITLED. Art Fair in Miami Beach, where he is also organizing the artist-run and non-profit sections of the fair. Before this, he worked for such well-known galleries as Feature Inc. and Peter Freeman Inc. Steadman earned an MFA from Pratt Institute in 1999, and a BFA from University of Georgia in 1997.

Roberta Waddell, Curator, art historian
Roberta Waddell was formerly Curator of Prints at The New York Public Library, until spring of 2008 when she retired. After receiving her Ph.D. in Art History from Johns Hopkins, she was Print Specialist at the Library from 1972 to 1977, Curator of Graphic Arts at The Toledo Museum of Art from 1977 through 1984, and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Worcester Art Museum in 1984 and 1985, before returning to The New York Public Library in 1985. Ms. Waddell has organized numerous exhibitions on Old Master prints, modern and contemporary prints, photographs and illustrated books. At the Library her primary responsibilities were for the public service of the Print Room’s original print and reference collections, and for the ongoing building of the Print Collection, with a particular emphasis on contemporary prints and artists’ books.  

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